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Tortricidae
51a0506.2 – 2717   Paralobesia yaracana (Kearfott, 1907)

© John Lee
Distribution: Canada: QC, ON; USA: ME to NV and MS.
Lectotype: Cincinnati, OH.
Description/
Field Marks:
See Royals et al. (2019), Mem. Lepid. Soc., (6): 75; Figs. 152–155, 193, 227.
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Polychrosis yaracana Kearfott, 1907
Polychrosis signifera Meyrick, 1912
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 48.18. (out of print)
  • Kearfott, W.D., 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 33(1): 5.
  • Meyrick, E., 1912. On some impossible specific names in Micro-Lepidoptera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 48: 32-36.
  • Royals, H.R., J-F. Landry, T. M. Gilligan, 2019. Paralobesia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), a systematic revision. The Lepidopterists' Society, Memoir No. 6: 1-149.
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at Mass Moths
Paralobesia yaracana
10mm – © Jim Vargo
Paralobesia yaracana
© Mississippi Entomological Museum
Paralobesia yaracana
9mm – © U. S. National Museum
Paralobesia yaracana
- 10mm – © U. S. National Museum

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